Intel Core i7-4720HQ vs AMD Phenom II X4 980

Core i7-4720HQ vs Phenom II X4 980 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Phenom II X4 980 performs better than the Core i7-4720HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4720HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Phenom II X4 980 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4720HQ. The info from our database shows that the Phenom II X4 980 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4720HQ. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-4720HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.